B
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| CNET: Spybot The Best 'Cause It Has Skins!
Is this a new low? The extent of their testing in this case seems to be whether the interface is pretty enough and how much of a drain on system resources is exhibited during scanning.
Uh, Senior Editor Vamosi, perhaps next time you might wanna include some minor details such as... do the products eliminate spyware??
"Best antispyware bets"
»reviews.cnet.com/4520-9241-62165···netfd.sd
Thank heaven for Mr. Howes.
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| This made me smile! 
I think this should be a poll. Which Spybot skin do you use? 
IMHO MSAS & McAfee Anti-spyware are prettier than any Spybot skin. 
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kpatz
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Hey, who cares how well it works, as long as it looks pretty!
After all, would Norton and McAfee be so popular if they didn't boast bloated, cutesy colorful GUIs?
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dadkins
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SpyBot has skins? |
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ritzy57
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Fort Mill, SC | Yep, and after all this razzing, let's hope Spybot has THICK skins!
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B
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| It's actually a bit funny, since I always thought Spybot had a rather bad interface. MSAS is kinda pretty. What am I saying? 
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said by dadkins  :SpyBot has skins? Jeeezus David were have you been! ADaware has them too, but they're not as pretty.
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Steve
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1 edit | reply to B
said by B :The extent of their testing in this case seems to be whether the interface is pretty enough and how much of a drain on system resources is exhibited during scanning. Well it's obvious from your lack of avatar that you have no style, so it's no surprise you don't give "visual appeal" much weight.
That goes for you too, dave
Steve
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BillRoland
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I think Spybot S&D is a fine product, but I could care less about skins or any of that stuff, I just want it to work. In that regard, I think it doesn't look or work as good as Microsoft AntiSpyware. I DO think it works and looks better than Ad-Aware though.
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dave
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Are the skins realised by plug-in modules?
If so... anyone want to guess when the first vulnerability will be found? |
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Fredra
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said by B :It's actually a bit funny, since I always thought Spybot had a rather bad interface. MSAS is kinda pretty. What am I saying? -- B That is so funny...I am still laughing here...lol
Cheers
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jaykaykay
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Good lord. I am now left wondering what they would think of my skin...old and wrinkled as it is! |
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dp
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It did get the best rating of the 3.
"Spybot was the best, finding every possible pest in our tests"
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B
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1 edit | No, it didn't.
That quote's a YEAR OLD, based on an old test before either NIS's antispam or MSAS even existed!
CNET's had this habit lately of repackaging old product reviews as if they're doing a new comparison. It's pretty misleading.
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EGeezer
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said by jaykaykay :Good lord. I am now left wondering what they would think of my skin...old and wrinkled as it is! Don't go spoiling your image!!!!
I think Mr. Vamosi deserves LOTS more razzing than our friends at Spybot - that from a senior editor, no less! |
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dp
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said by B :No, it didn't. That quote's a YEAR OLD, based on an old test before either NIS's antispam or MSAS even existed! ah, I didn't catch the review date: May 14, 2004, yes, a tad old indeed.
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sivran
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I always thought CNet was kinda lame. Too bad Joe User thinks CNet's awesome.
...and this after purging adware from their downloads, and even hosting that spyware conference. Can't win em all I guess. |
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keith2468
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Visual skins are so last week.
You all realize, of course, that the main reason that KAV is the premier anti-virus product in the world is the supremely startling and annoying sound it gives off when a virus is detected: the squeal of an angry Russian wild boar.
I have suggested to Kaspersky Labs that KAV 6 have "audio skins".
The skins give users their choice of squeals from 5 different species of wild boar (Russian, North American, South American, European, and Indonesian).
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salzan
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| said by keith2468 :I have suggested to Kaspersky Labs that KAV 6 have "audio skins". The skins give users their choice of squeals from 5 different species of wild boar (Russian, North American, South American, European, and Indonesian). That's great!:D
And how about Porky Pig's "th..th..th..that's all folks!" |
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CajunTek
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| said by salzan :said by keith2468 :I have suggested to Kaspersky Labs that KAV 6 have "audio skins". The skins give users their choice of squeals from 5 different species of wild boar (Russian, North American, South American, European, and Indonesian). That's great!:D And how about Porky Pig's "th..th..th..that's all folks!" I like that one... I'd put that skin on my KAV in a heartbeat...
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